Question

8. Do as directed:
i. What a clever boy he is (Change into Assertive)​

Answer 1

He is a very clever boy.

• The given sentence is actually an exclamatory sentence where the spekar is praising the boy.
• And according to the rules of the exclamatory sentence to assertive sentence conversion, we have converted the given sentence into the final sentence.
• The addition of "very" is very important here to denote the exclamation of the initial sentence.

Answer 2

What a clever boy he is (Change into Assertive)

Answer:

• He is a clever boy.

Explanation:

• The given sentence: 'What a clever boy he is' is said to change into assertive and it is 'He is a clever boy.'
• The given sentence is an example of exclamatory sentence.
• Sentences are of five kinds according to function. And they are 1. Assertive, 2. Interrogative, 3. Imperative, 4. Optative, 5.Exclamation.
• Assertive means it states something. Therefore assertive sentence can describe an object, a process, an event, a fact, a cause and so on. Example: He is a clever boy. this sentence states something about him and that is 'clever boy.'